The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-05
sPlTTSBURGH'S9DAY.
AND TIE WHEELING END OF IT.

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t AND TILE WHEELING BND OF II
THIS City Turns Out In Great Shape Mt III,
q. A. Il. Demonstration IN ita Sister City.
. Tho Show Compared with whe.llnI's
During tho Late nIs Reunion.
Pittsbursh'a annual G. A. r, parade
came of yesterday but was somowha
msrred by bad weather. The day, which
opened beautifully, clouied up early in
tho forenoon, and when the Wheeling
contingent arrived a light rain was fall.
Ing and the air was decidedly chilly.
The number Of Wheeling people in Pitts.
burgh yesterday WAS never before
equalled. Tho Panhandle ran a special
which left here promptly at Z o'clock,
and reached the Pittsburgh Union depot
at 1916 Am. It had thirteen coaches,
all comfortably flied. a later train car.
ried seven coaches OF excussionists on this
road. Ga the early train Adjutans Fslbsr
and about twenty.four membera OF Holli.
day Post g. A. r., went up with the colore,
The others loft on the Baltimore & Ohio,
some on tho express train which should
have lett here at o'clock, but was de.
fRyed by tho western connections, and
did not get away till G:45. The special
train advertised for 1880 took the body of
tho Post, and did not get away till 7:45,
on account Of the late arrival Of the
train bearing the Bsllairs and Mounds.
vile delegations. gl35{ 4, n
THE DECORATIONS. e. h,
It was q matter OF common remark yes.
terday by those who saw tho manner in
which Wheeling dressed herself out in
gay attire on tho occasion Of the G. A, R,
parade here, that there Was nothing In
Pittsburgh to compare with 1t. There was
no arch OF any proportionn, the only ones
seen anywhere being small affairs put up
by Marvin, tho cracker baker, and Kauff.
mann and Guskey, the clothing mer.
chants. The only private decorations which
would have attracted attention among the
wealth Of red, white and blue and fsnciiul
designs hero in August, was double can.
opied arch In front Of business block op-
posite the sionongahela house. The arches
extended the height Of the lofty building.
and we're tasteiully ornamented with corns
and society badges and mounted cannon,
1t was really handsome, and in striking
contrast to the general sam snsss and chesp
character OF the other decorations.
The crowds Of etrangsrs in the city were
| nf nawnu1 oil .1f
| Wheel!ng's big time. 1t is cafe to ssy
that this city ssnt at least 5000 people. Il
is estimated thHt there we're so 900 atrang.
ers on the streets, outside Of those in Inns.
during the procession. The oidewalks
were simply impssaabls and the streets
were packed with pedestrians for their
entire width before and after the parade.
It was good humored crowd people
laughed when they were jost!ed, and
made the best Of the discomforts OF the
occasion, For eeveral hours thoussnds Of
ladies asood IN the rain and admired the
passing veterann. Z. 2. = a
" 4 IN THE PARADE. d
The parade was not 60 long as was ex.
pected, largely, Of course, owing to the
bad weather. Some posts that were
counted on were missing and others were
very email. Pittsburgh and Allcphenv
turned out in exceedingly creditable nun.
bsra, and an interesting feature OF tho pa.
rade was the National Guard, which occu.
pied the post Of honor on tho right of the
line. sS,ll IS : - \; Z:
Among tho prominent members Of the
4. a. K. who participatedin in the denor-
| stTatlon were Governor Beaver, OF Penn
sylvania, Ex-Governor Pisrpont, General
II II, Duval and General W. B. Curtis, OF
Wess Virginia, William BrRtalsy and
Samuel McCambridgs, OF Philadelphia,
The only posls from distance were the
foungstown, Wheeling, East Liverpool,
Bellaire and Waynesburg posts. Mounds.
Vile and Wellsburg sont small delegations
which marched with other posts. HoIli.
day Poet Was credited with 100 men end
spangler Post with 60 in .ha line. The|
music was most too abundant, Banda
were provided for at leas. three timea as
many men as were in line. The resuit
was rather bewildering array Of musical
organizations. i:
Lieut.. James NJ. Lyle. Post No, 1928, and |
Abe Patterson, Post No. sS, were each
preceded bysa company OF the more
youthful Sons of sVsterans, none Of them
being apparently over l2 yeara of sge,
Twenty-iour children, Soma Of Veterans of |
Post as, marchsd in front OF that post.
drawing miniature cannon, Thev were
commanded by one Of their own number.
Capt. Psndloburry, end wore blue capu'
white waists and dark pautaloops, Thir.
ty-two very youthful Sons of Ve.eranu Of
poat l2s were honored by marching over
the route Of the p.ocesaIon in advaaca Of
their sirea, and were greeted with more
frequent applause than many OF tho posts.
They wore black tu.bana, white waists
and bluo trousers, and carried beautiful
rod and blue silk banners, bordered and
otherwise ornamsnted with gold lace and
bearing, each in gold letters, ono Of the
following uanaes, each OF which told a
story chattanooga, Fair Oaks, Vicks.
burg, Fort Doneleon, Fort Pillow, Ohancsl.
!orvilie, Antietam, Shiloh, Cedar Greek,
Five Forks, Wilderness, Bull Run, New
Orleans, Petersburg, Pittsburgh Landing.
Fort Sumter, South Mountain, Colonel
Anderson, Faragut, Thomas, Mcclellan.
There wore RByersl old battle flags car.
ried In the line, and they were greeted
with cheers all along the line. Holiday
Post was cheered whenever It's haudaoue
banner appeared. ,ii2.5 2fS }i, {, i1ilyIi
.iiS5S3 RANDOM REMARKS.
The yeterana from Wheeling and Salem
were the guests Of Post No. IS, Allegheny,
and we're dined at poat headquarters, on
Federal street, where a very elegant ro-
past was served by, the Lalies' Auxiliary
society. III (. 81 a.
Not picture OF Grover Cleveland was
to be eeon in Pittsburgh yesterday. No.
body thought 1t IN good taste to try to Gre
ate discord. "A z \ 4 So 81 5S;ggs
A big camp Gre was held at the Coliseum
la Allegheny last night. The Sons Of
Veterans and e4.P Prisoners OF War alao
held reunions. x Y; III
In the afternoon Wheeling people went